Barcelona are now monitoring Crystal Palace full-back to bring more competition for Alejandro Balde | OneFootball

In addition to looking for a left winger to strengthen their attack for the next season, another area that FC Barcelona are looking to reinforce next summer is that of the fullbacks.

Hansi Flick currently has Alejandro Balde and Jules Kounde as his preferred options on the flanks, but the replacements for these two players are the rather inexperienced youngsters Gerard Martin and Hector Fort.

Thus, Deco is looking for players for these positions who have some experience but who still have room for further growth. In this regard, they have been monitoring some interesting players like Alvaro Carreras from Benfica and Hugo Bueno from Feyenoord.

The more experienced Caio Henrique has also been linked with them in the past few weeks, while Deco also tried to get the Bayern Munich defender Alphonso Davies for this purpose. However, the Canadian’s high salary demands make him practically an impossibility for Barcelona.

In such a context, SPORT reports that the Blaugranes are also looking at the Premier League full-back Tyrick Mitchell, whose contract with Crystal Palace is running out at the end of this season, and who is yet to agree to a renewal with the English club.

Although he can arrive at Barcelona for free next summer, signing him will not really be easy, as other big English clubs like Arsenal and Tottenham are also interested in him.

For now, the Blaguranes are monitoring his situation, and are yet to make a final decision on him, even though he is looking like an interesting option from economic and sporting points of view.

Mitchell is currently one of several names on the Catalan club’s shortlist as they continue to evaluate options to strengthen competition for the left-back position. It will be intriguing to see who ultimately challenges Alejandro Balde for the starting spot next season.